‘Trump-proofing’ Philippine outsourcing

April 05, 2017

By:

Emmanuel Jose Yujuico, Eaglewatch

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The worst fears regarding the election of Donald J. Trump as American president were embodied in his January 20 inauguration speech when he mentioned that “[w]e must protect our borders from the ravages of other countries making our products, stealing our companies and destroying our jobs. Protection will lead to great prosperity and strength.” For the Philippines’s fast-growing business-process outsourcing (BPO) industry, such statements are obvious cause for alarm. Although there have always been exceptions in practice, the United States has generally advanced trade as a means for promoting world development in the post-World War Two era.